Natural Products in Crop Pest Management

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Dear Colleagues,

The significant enhancement in crop yields over the years has been facilitated, in part, by the use of chemicals for pest control. However, as the global population continues to grow in the coming decades and resistance to conventional pesticides persists, there is an ongoing demand for the discovery of new lead compounds. Natural products (NPs) are secondary metabolites isolated from living organisms and can be originated from plant, microbial, or animal origins. Due to their abundant biodiversity and environmentally friendly characteristics, NPs are being increasingly explored and developed. This is evident in the numerous NP-based crop protection compounds that have emerged.

In the context of this Topic, our focus will be on the isolation and characterization bioactive NPs from plants or microorganisms, synthetic compounds inspired by NPs, semi-synthetic chemicals derived from NPs, and the assessment of their biological activities for potential applications in crop protection.

We invite the submission of research articles, review articles, and short communications.

Prof. Dr. Yiming Wang
Dr. Danyu Shen
Dr. Wei Yan
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agrochemicals agrochemicals	-	-	2022	15.0 days *	CHF 1000	Submit
Agronomy agronomy	3.7	5.2	2011	15.8 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Molecules molecules	4.6	6.7	1996	14.6 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Plants plants	4.5	5.4	2012	15.3 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Microorganisms microorganisms	4.5	6.4	2013	15.1 Days	CHF 2700	Submit

* Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2023.

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